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Behavioral Health Technician

HCA Healthcare

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Compensation
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Location
Gainesville, FL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Basic Cardiac Life Support, requiredNonviolent Crisis Intervention, required

Job overview

The Behavioral Health Technician assists with coordinating nursing and psychiatric care alongside a multidisciplinary treatment team. The role includes observing and documenting patients’ physiological and psychological status, supporting daily activities, responding to behavioral problems and crisis situations, and protecting patient privacy. Basic Cardiac Life Support and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of the employment start date.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Patient Observation, nice to havePatient Care Documentation, nice to haveActivities of Daily Living Assistance, nice to haveCrisis Intervention, nice to havePatient Advocacy, nice to haveConfidentiality, nice to haveMedical Error Reporting, nice to have

Qualifications

Basic Cardiac Life Support, requiredNonviolent Crisis Intervention, requiredFingerprint Required, required6 Months Experience, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Behavioral Health Technician? At HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary and Qualifications

We are seeking a Behavioral Health Technician to join our healthcare team. Your primary function is to assist in the coordination of nursing/psychiatric care provided in conjunction with the multidisciplinary treatment team. You will work with a phenomenal team that cares like family and works together in a collaborative manner.

In this role you will:

  • Observe, report, and document patient’s physiological and psychological status by using the nursing process based upon established hospital policies and procedures, unit specific policies and procedures, and/or Standards of Care/Practice.

  • Provide and document information on patient care.

  • Assist patients with activities of daily living; attend to patient behavioral problems and provides assistance in crisis intervention, as needed.

  • Serve as the patient and family advocate with respect to the patient's right to privacy by protecting confidential information.

  • Follow established guidelines for reporting a significant medical error or unanticipated outcome in the patient’s care which results in patient harm or potential harm.

What qualifications you will need:

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

  • Other-Fingerprint Required

  • 6 months experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

  • Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital is a 523-bed, full-service medical and surgical acute care center. For over 49 years, we have served North Central Florida. We offer comprehensive cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, and neurosciences. We offer minimally-invasive laparoscopic and robotic surgery, weight loss surgery and treatment. Other services that we provide include women’s health and wound therapy. We are fully accredited by the Joint Commission and certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. Our hospital has an Accredited Chest Pain Center by ACC (American College of Cardiology) and is designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Bariatric Surgery. We are committed to patient safety and quality of care. We have received the highest scores available in recognition of this commitment.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Behavioral Health Technician opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your resume today to join our community of caring!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

How this job compares

Set against the 344 open Behavioral Health Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$19–25/hr154 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 15 open Behavioral Health Technician jobs in Florida and 344 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Behavioral Health Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 142 postings).
Education
11 of the 344 open Behavioral Health Technician jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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